Helix is an American science fiction thriller drama television series that aired on Syfy from January 10, 2014 to April 10, 2015. The series followed a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who travelled to a research facility in the Arctic to investigate a potential outbreak of disease. While there, they find themselves stuck in a life-or-death situation that could decide the future of humankind. The executive producers of Helix were Ronald D. Moore, Lynda Obst, Steven Maeda, and Cameron Porsandeh, with Maeda serving as day-to-day showrunner.